Early Classroom Lessons
Potpourri
California Gold Rush
Presidents
TV and Movies
100

Name 3 Native American Tribes

1,000 possible answers

100

What is Mr. Max's favorite color?

Purple

100

What year did the California Gold Rush begin?

1849

100

Which president completed the Louisiana Purchase?

Thomas Jefferson

100

What TV show introduced the world to Elmo?

Sesame Street

200

Which explorer found the Amazon River and the city of Rio de Janiero?

Amerigo Vespucci

200

How many items are in a baker's dozen?

13

200

What city became the Mecca for prospectors?

San Francisco

200

Which president gave the first State of the Union address?

George Washington

200

What is the highest grossing movie all time?

Avatar

300

What are the 3 sections of American colonies?

Southern, Middle, New England

300

How many amendments are there?

27

300

What were two ways to find gold in California?

Pan Mining and Hard Rock Mining

300

Which president refused to help the French in what became known as the XYZ affair?

John Adams

300

What are the Ratings a movie can receive?

G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17

400

Which colony was established as a penal colony?

Georgia

400

What George Orwell book is centered around a political uprising by a group of pigs?

Animal Farm

400

Which party got snowed in while traveling to California and had to resort to cannibalism?

Donner Party

400

Which president had his father serve as president before him?

John Quincy Adams

400

What is the longest running TV show of all time?

The Simpsons

500

Name 4 Euopean Explorers

Dozens of possible answers

500

Name 4 European countries and capitals

27 possible answers

500

Name one of the two people who first found gold in California?

John Sutter and John Marshall

500

Who is the first First Lady of the United States?

Martha Washington

500

What is MR. Max's favorite TV show?

Breaking Bad, GoT, The Good Place

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